In the history of the cleft, it revealed there were 2 classes in the community, the higher one,called the old shes, and the lower one was younger generation. For example, “Yes, we always fed them and give them the nicest bit to eat.” in maire’s speech. The younger one showed respect to the elder one and the old shes had rights to command others. This structure ran well for a long time as they dislike changes and nobody challenged it.
And then, an incident happened. The 1st baby boy was born and the births of these monsters kept …show more content…
They were in hostility towards the opposite gender because of The unhealthy social class pyramid in the past. According to the squirts’ story, their fright of the clefts is more than the hatred. The clefts was able to control the number of squirts directly as all offspring were born by them.
After the incident of a cleft be raped, the history left a blank for a long time. In maire’s talking to a squirts, the clefts found the importance of the squirts to maintain the race in future. 2 societies were combined, the female still had a leading status. The birth ability of the clefts had changed and they need males/the squirts to make babies. The squirts gives new ideas to the society, such as the individuality, the building of huts and land exploring. So, the squirts were considered as a kind of human, the companion of the clefts. The society started being in gender equality.
Later, the history was covered and the bible appeared. It wrote that the male are first human and female are made later. This becomes the base of the male dominated society for centuries. This structure deeply rooted in the culture til the modern